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Embrace acquires SpeedCurve to boost user-centred observability
Embrace acquires SpeedCurve to enhance its observability platform with advanced web performance monitoring, uniting mobile and web user experience insights.

The KiwiSaver members wiping out their balances
Hardship withdrawals have increased substantially in recent years as cost-of-living pressure has gone on households.

UN Security Council passes US resolution on Trump's Gaza plan
The UN Security Council has passed a US-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza.

Flexibility tops pay as New Zealanders eye job market shifts
A new recruitment platform, GoGetta, reveals 73% of New Zealand workers open to new roles, with flexibility now valued above career growth.

Everything feels better in sets of three. Three's also my prison.
Three pumps of shampoo. Three squeezes for my son. Three is my OCD. And at it's worst, my brain convinced me that everyone around me thought I'm a pedophile.

'No minimum sentence': Do child sexual exploitation prison terms reflect the severity of the crime?
Sexual exploitation of children is seen as one of the worst crimes out there - but do the prison terms reflect the severity?

Black Ferns skipper signs deal with Bristol Bears in England
Ruahei Demant will join Bristol Bears for four-month stint in England, a move that includes joint training oversight between NZR and Bristol.

Clair Obscur leads Game Awards nominations
The French-made RPG gets a record 12 nominations in total, including Game of the Year.

Financial institutions adopt AI with focus on trust & staff
Financial firms are embracing AI with a focus on trust, using it to enhance customer service and support staff, not cut jobs, amid growing governance concerns.

New modular quantum platform QUB promises flexible research deployment
QuantWare, Q-CTRL and Qblox launch QUB, a modular quantum computing platform offering 5 to 41 qubits for enterprise and research flexibility.

BBC 'determined to fight' looming Donald Trump lawsuit over speech edit
The US president says he could sue the British national broadcaster for as much as US$5 billion.

Stats NZ: Grinding gears in data's 'big machine'
The Integrated Data Infrastructure system - run by Stats NZ - is hard to use and badly in need of an upgrade, say experts who rely on the data.

Penny Simmonds concerned less than 50 percent of trainees completing apprenticeships
Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds says she is seeking extra funding so new industry bodies can investigate the low completion rates.

New Zealand farmers get high-speed broadband boost from Kuiper
New Zealand farmers gain improved high-speed satellite internet through Amazon's Project Kuiper, boosting digital tools across remote agricultural regions.

Samsung’s biggest OLED ultrawide gaming monitor is more than 50% off today
Pardon my impenetrable technology journalist jargon, but: Hoo, doggie. We’re finally starting to see some better OLED monitor deals after a frankly disappointing year. for example, Samsung’s gigantimax OLED, the 49-inch Odyssey G950, is just $849.99 at Best Buy right now. That is more than half off its regular $1,800...

Fire crew called to three suspicious fires in Dunedin overnight
Fire investigators are looking into the three suspicious fires in Dunedin.

Financial firms risk disruption by neglecting supplier exit plans
Nearly 80% of financial firms have neglected to verify exit plans of cloud and SaaS providers, risking major disruption in their technology supply chains.

Digital technologies seen as vital for clean energy transition
Over 70% of energy leaders see digital technologies as vital for clean energy, yet outdated grids and regulatory lags hinder progress, a global survey finds.